Undergarment



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Patented Fel?. 8, llfl?.

HilmarV cor-ann. or Nnwvonk, N.' Y. f

UNDERGARMENT.

i 'Applicaticn filed February dresses are made of such light, sheer fabrics,

that it is necessary to wear a shadow-proof garment beneath them.k This `garment is generally ya slip, which consists of a skirt andbodice in one piece, supported .by shoulder straps. Ordinarily this slip is ofthe same color and shade as the dressitself, Vand it may consist of front and rear panels. united along their edges to form seams at the sides of the garment. yThe latter is usually of considerable fullness, and is gatheredappropriately at the waist. It has a deep hem at theplower edge, to provide a double thickness of material atthis point, and is of a length suchthatit` terminates shortly above the lower edge of the dress. Vhen this combination of dress and slip is worn, additional undergarments, either one or two-piece, are also worn, and although `the dress and the undergarnients may be made of light materials, still the combination is frequently uncomfortable in hot weather, and also when the wearer is dancing. With the slip made in the manner described; `that is, resembling a skirt at its lower end, modesty requires that the additional undergarments be worn with it. i

The object of this invention is to provide an undergarment of the .slip type, so constructed that it maybe worn modestly without additional undergarments. For this purpose the` improved slip is constructed inV the form ofV a skirt and bodice of shadow-' form the partition `are separatedK and used as a part of this hem. The partition is preferably arranged in such a way that it lies adjacent the upper edge of the hem and is 14,v 1925. sei-iai No.' 9,093.

so formed. that it has considerable. degree of elasticity, which is ,providednot only by the manner inwhich the partition itself formed, but also bythe way in which -1t 1s secured in place; also the manner in which this member is made and ysecured -in position permits the two pieces of which most economical manner.

Slips `as commonly placed on the market are of varying sizes as to bust measurement, and of standard lengths which dependen such measurements. f As this length may not be the one which the wearer requires, it is customary to make the slips somewhat longer than will probably be required, and formv thehem insuch a waythat it can it is formed to be cut from the cloth in a .b ejraised within the garment soY that the present invention, since the partition: member is attached onlyto the hem, and to some extent forms part of that hem, the raising orl lowering of the hem, as may be required, will also raise or lower thepartition to the desired extent.

fWhile the method` of forming the parl y tition will be described in its adaptation lfor use with a slip, it ,will be apparent that it vmay be used with various otherY garments.

In the accompanying drawings, however, the .A

garment illustratedis; of the slip type. and in these drawings, l y v- Fig. 2 is a sectional onthe linel2p2 'l of Fig. l,y Fig. 3 ,is a .line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

cross-sectional viewl on the Fig. 4 isa crossfsectional view on the line 4-4ofFig'.2,and v- Fig. 5 is` a plan View of the two members which make up the partition.

The garment illustrated inf Fig. lis' a standard form of slip, consisting ofa frontV panel 1G, and a rear-panel 11, which are united by seams ,which extend lengthwise of the garment. The. front panel is customarily made ofconsidei'ably greater wid th than the rear panel,and is gathered on either side, as .21h12. Below the gathers the slip terminates in a skirt portionY 13, of considerable fullness, and at thetop it is provided witlr shoulder straps 14, which are sewed' to an inturned hem 15.

This garmentV is ordinarily made of a ,Y somewhat closelyl ,woven -materiah such as radium silk, and at the. lower edge .it is provided with a hein 16, of considerable depth, so that the skirt portion is `formed of a Vdouble thickness of the'material. This Ytype of garment is, usually sold with the `hem loosely basted or tacked at its upper edge 17 so that the length lof the slip -may Abe valtered simply by raising the hem, or

llowering'it7 and securing its upper edge :in

place at 4the desired height. e The hemconsists lof three pieces Vof mate-V Arialxwhich are more clearly shown in Fig.

2.. The ina-in body ofthe hem isforined of a strip of material '18 which extends froina point atoneside of the middle of 'tli e"back,

'around the front-of the garment, to a point spaced a similar dist-ancefrom the middle of the-back on the yopposite side. The other two ortionsbfthehem are made'of pieces 19,"s own inig. 54, whichconsist ofstraiglit portions QUand yextending tabs' 21. `rFliese 'tabs lare `cut with inwardly vcurving upper kand lower edges 22 Yand the end 23 of each tab is of greater Width than the distance across xthe central portionof -theflatten These two pieces are stitched along their edges 24to the ends ofthe straight piece 18, the stitching being yshown at 2.5 in Fig. 2. The upper and lower'edges 26 and 'Q7 are then V secured to the rear ypanel of the slip and then the tabs4 are folded so as to Vlie face to face, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 2. These tabs are then stitched along their curving edges 22, soas to forni 'a lpartition member` which is united to ,the front Ipanel of the slip by stitching to the hem at "28. VIt will be observed that the members 19 are united at Atheir endsto the memberv 18 of the hem, andthe tabs lie between `the upper lower edgesMwhich are unitedto the-.rear panel. This gives'thetab y' members a considerable degreeofelasticity, -Y `which is also increased by reason of the fact that along the curving lines QQthe inaterialris cut on the bias; l

With this arrangei'nent'it willgbeobserved that the lpartition divides the skirt at'the lower'end into vdrawer legs,tlie .partition preventing the slip from working upwardly. Y The novel manner in which'the' partition is made not only improvesV the strengthyof the partition, but, because the latter is .united .to the hein, itv does not have ya tendency to pull the front and rearpanelsto- .geth'en ,since the heinV is quite wide at its mid-point and is free to separate to a considerable degree from these panels.` The partition forinediin the manner.. described, is disposed '.,atga .height which cannotfcause discomfort, V,andfsince the vpartition `.is .sen curedi'oiily tothe hein and forms an integral partofthe latter, wheintlie gariiient'as pui'- chased, is found .to beV too long, the turning of the Vhein also raises tliepartition tothe `desired extent.y The method of forming the partition not only provides agre-at degree of elasticity and makesthe partition strong, but it also permits the material Vto be used most economically. Ordinarily. the'cloth of which such garments are'cut, comes in tO width. They pieces 19 and 2O of"whichthe partition is made are 20" from` the edge 23 fto the edge 24, so that two yof these pieces maybe cut in2 a single width across the length oficloth, ano `in'zthis operation there is very little waste. Tlie circumference of the slip c at the lower .edgeis approximately @0f/,so

that therlarge piece which goes to make up the hem is 'cut yfrom a piece which'extends entirely across the goods. the tabs is preferably -10,.svo that the body portion ofthe smaller members is also'lO. Thus the portions of these smaller pieces whichare united to the hem, vplus the length The Alength of of the large piece, equals the 60 Lrequired n at the circumference.

drawings is a' so-called step-in, but this novel partition may be' used equally satisfactory Ain a garment which consists'only ot a skirt portion and does not include the bodice.

I claim:

havinga hem disposedk at the ylower 'edge and on the inner side thereof and adapted to @10o 1. In van ,undergarmenn a skirtv portion befraised or lowered to shortenor lengthen the skirt, and a vertical partition Aattached to said hem 'and extending across the skirt from front to .rear and forming drawer legs.

Y. In l an undergariiient, a skirt 4portion having ahem disposed at the llower edge and on ilieinner side thereof-aud adaptedto be raised or .lowered to shortonor lengthen the skirt, the heiii'being formed of a member which extends through the greater part of the circumference of' tlic'skirnand two rei tically positioned smaller ii'ieiiibers united to .the ends of the tirstineiiilier and completing the hein, the smaller members terminating in tabs which are united attheir ends to Vthe larger.ineinber and providing avertical partition across ytheskirt portion lfrom front to rear to form drawerlegs. V

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

- HARRY Corien'. 

